QOTW: More than meets the eye?
We both grew up with the Transformers and loved the new movie. There has been such a variety of transforming robots over the years…not just your typical cars, trucks, planes, helicopters, military equipment…we’ve also seen dinosaurs, insects, guns, stereos and even cassette tapes.
So if you had to be a Transformer…either Autobot or Decepticon…what would you transform from? And none of this tiny handgun turning into a giant robot…the (somewhat) realistic laws of physics still apply. That means a tiny device would transform into a tiny robot. Everything and anything goes…but if you do choose an animal it would not look real…it would be a cyborg-mechanical looking beast.
Crawford’s Answer
Type: Mi-24 Hind (Russian attack helicopter)
Name: Iron Curtain
My original thought was a car or truck. I was torn between something like a Porsche 911 Turbo or some giant construction vehicle. I wanted something that could (at least in concept) be able to cruise into a “normal†environment with stealth…no one would question a vehicle driving into some place when WHAM it transforms into a giant ass-kicking robot.
But the more I thought about it the more I realized I wanted a military vehicle. I wanted something with brawn in it’s transformed state as well as its robot state. I also wanted something that would stand out (and totally reverse my original concept of something stealthy). So I chose the Mi-24 Hind. It’s a Russian attack helicopter from the Cold War era and looks absolutely menacing. I’ve never seen another helicopter that looks so destructive and powerful. It symbolized the power of the Russian army and the thought of thousands of those beasts flying over Germany starting of WWIII is a downright terrifying one. Plus…it’s a historic piece of Russian military hardware.
Of course I would be a Decepticon. There is no question about it…Russian military? Obviously! Iron Curtain wouldn’t be the fastest or the best strategist but what he lacks in those assets he more than makes up in durability and outright firepower. Always one to be at the forefront of a battle he never retreats. Unfortunately his pride has been known to get him into trouble at times.
Moe’s Answer
This is kind of a weird question and one that I had a hard time coming up with an answer for. My first thought was car, it would cool to be a badass sports car just to drive fast and whatnot. Being a car would also make you a pretty decent sized robot of destruction. But cars are kinda boring in this sense.
My next thought would be to be something small so that I could sneak into places and easily disguise myself. I was thinking something like a cell phone or an ipod or something along those lines. But I quickly got rid of this idea. I wouldn’t want to be something that can move around in it’s non robot form. Plus, I’d want to be a big robot of doom which makes little things a non-option.
I finally settled on a F-35B . I’d be able to fly, be stealthy, kick serious ass in either my normal form or robot form, hell, I’d have built in machine guns and rockets. I’d also be super fast, I’d be able to go over the speed of sound. And just to make myself even cooler the F-35B can hover, so it can take off and land vertically. Of course there still is the robot form. Being that I would be a fighter jet I would be fairly large which would make for an impressively sized robot. I would also have lots of weaponry since I already have a lot in my jet form.